Background In Uganda, abortion is permitted only when the life of a woman is in danger.
This restriction compels the perpetuation of the practice in secrecy and often under unsafe …

Background We know little about the frequency, correlates and conditions under which
women induce abortions in Nigeria. This study seeks to estimate the 1-year induced …

BACKGROUND: Canadian women currently entering menopause are the first generation
with access to legal induced abortion throughout their reproductive years. STUDY DESIGN …

Forty per cent of the world's women are living in countries with restrictive abortion laws,
which prohibit abortion or only allow abortion to protect a woman's life or her physical or …

Every year, worldwide, about 42 million women with unintended pregnancies choose
abortion, and nearly half of these procedures, 20 million, are unsafe. Some 68,000 women …

Each year, nearly 22 million women worldwide have an unsafe abortion, almost all of which
occur in developing countries. This paper estimates the incidence and rates of unsafe …

Background Unsafe abortion is one of the commonest causes of maternal mortality. Abortion-
related maternal deaths are higher in countries with the most restrictive abortion laws. We …

Globally, 19 million women are estimated to undergo unsafe abortions each year. Age
patterns of unsafe abortion are critical for tailoring effective interventions to prevent unsafe …

Objectives. To assess the prevalence of abortion among population groups and changes in
rates between 2008 and 2014. Methods. We used secondary data from the Abortion Patient …

CONTEXT: Nearly half of unintended pregnancies and more than one‐fifth of all
pregnancies in the United States end in abortion. No nationally representative statistics on …